Chinese fighter jets had two close encounters with Japanese patrol aircraft as Beijing’s two aircraft carriers operated simultaneously in the Pacific for the first time, according to Japan’s ...

Two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time, in a move that Japan's defence minister said signified Beijing's intention to ...

In June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, Richard H. Best led a dive-bombing attack that sank two Japanese aircraft carriers - Akagi and Hiryu - within hours. Flying the SBD Dauntless, his ...

In fact, Nazi engineers journeyed to Japan in 1935 and were proffered technical advice from Japanese naval engineers, who allowed the Germans to inspect the impressive IJN carrier Akagi.

It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft carriers in one day.

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

An A6M2 Zero fighter pictured on the flight deck of the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi around the time of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941.

Each had a red fuselage stripe indicating it came from the aircraft carrier Akagi.

Aircraft carriers have been a crucial element in combat since they were invented, but they didn't see combat against each other until later.